| Description |
xxii, 313 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-297) and index. |
| Contents |
The high school age -- Advise and consent : building adolescent character -- A New Deal for youth : "progressive" education and the National Youth Administration -- Swing shift : bobby soxers take the stage -- Andy Hardy goes to war : soldiers, defense workers, "V-girls," and zoot suiters -- Do you know where your children area? : juvenile delinquency, teen canteens, and democratic solutions -- The advertising age : Seventeen, Eugene Gilbert, and the rise of the teenage market -- Great balls of fire : rhythm and blues, rock 'n' roll, and the devil's music -- Stairway to heaven : the real life business of rock 'n' roll -- The perils of prosperity : teenage rebels, teenage sex, and the communist menace -- The content of their character : black teenagers and civil rights in the South -- A hard day's night : Beatles, boomers, and the bomb -- Lies my father told me : Berkeley, Vietnam, and the generation gap -- Up the down staircase : sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll. |
| Subject |
Teenagers -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Adolescence -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Teenage consumers -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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| ISBN |
0465007678 alkaline paper |
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9780465007677 alkaline paper |
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